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Show 1 9 0 5 .] MAMMALS FROM JAPAN. 3 4 1 12. M ogera w o g u r a Temm. <5 . 56. Tsunagi, near Morioka, Iwate Ken, N. Hondo. Flesli measurements :-Head and body 108 mm.; tail 20 ; hind foot 16-5. 13. M ogera w o g u r a k o b e .e Thos. 3 . 336. Ochi, Kochi Ken, Shikoku. Flesh measurements:- Head and body 160mm.; tail 25 ; hind foot 21. No specimens intermediate in size between these large Moles and the true wogura have as yet turned up. Possibly the two forms ought to be regarded as specifically distinct. 14. U rotrichus tal po id e s Temm. S . 397, 398, 406, 429, 444. $ . 385, 396, 422, 430, 435. Takamori, Kumamoto Ken, Kiushiu. 1800'. 8 . 471, 472, 476. $!• 447, 473, 474. Kawachi, Miyasaki Ken, Kiushiu. 1500'. 3 . 274, 290. $ . 288, 289, 310. Jinrio, Tokushima Ken, Shikoku. 500'. $ . 314. Fukuhara, Tokushima Ken, Shikoku. 750'. 5 . 324. Ikeda, Tokushima Ken, Shikoku. <3 . 339, 357. $ . 337, 338, 342, 343, 358. Ochi, Kochi Ken, Shikoku. 1300'. 2 . 329. Sakawa, Kochi Ken, Shikoku. 3 . 370, 378, 379, 380. $ . 371, 377. Kuma, Ehime Ken, Shikoku. 1200'. Specimens from Kiushiu may be regarded as typical talpoides, for that island is the first locality mentioned in Temminck's original account, besides being that which contains Nagasaki, where the factory of the early Dutch traders was situated. A pair of well-grown Kiushiu specimens measure (in mm.) as follows - $ . Head and body 99 ; tail 34 ; hind foot 16. 6 - „ „ 102; „ 34; „ 16. The Shikoku specimens appear to be quite similar to those from Kiushiu. A pair measure :- 8 . Head and body 96 ; tail 32 ; hind foot 15'5. 5 . ,, ,, 95; ,, 33; ,, 15'5. The general colour of the Kiushiu and Shikoku specimens is a brown, between Vandyke and seal-brown, much browner than in those from Northern and Central Hondo. " These animals are undoubtedly partly herbivorous; for examination of many stomachs showed them to be frequently filled with vegetable matter, probably some root. Remains of earthworms are also frequently found. I catch as many specimens in traps baited with wheat or rice as in those baited with flesh. At all times of the year they come frequently above ground, especially in grassy places. |
